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Paragraph 4 Reduction of Pension Age Disability Payment where short-term assistance is paidI1

Scotland

Where an individual has received short-term assistance for a period and a determination is subsequently made that the individual is entitled to Pension Age Disability Payment for the same period, any payment of Pension Age Disability Payment to be made as a result of the subsequent determination for that period—

(a)

where the individual is to be paid Pension Age Disability Payment at the same rate as or a lower rate than any short-term assistance and any Pension Age Disability Payment already paid to that individual for that period, is to be reduced to £0, and

(b)

in any other case, is to be reduced by any short-term assistance and any Pension Age Disability Payment already paid to that individual for that period.

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Sch. para. 4 in force at 21.10.2024, see reg. 1(2)